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• Volleyball Cruises to Fourth Consecutive Conference Title

  
  The Bi-College News Online — Authority: 135
  By Jordan Schilit and Stephen Handlon Gooding Arena was the place to be this weekend as the Haverford volleyball team won its fourth consecutive Centennial Conference championship. The Fords defeated Swarthmore 3-1 in Saturday’s conference semifinal and Gettysburg 3-0 in Sunday’s conference final en route to the ...
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• What should a leader say in times of tragedy? - Part 2

  
  Public Speaking Advice and Commentary — Authority: 120
  Ive revised my blog from yesterday to reflect President Obamas remarks today at the Fort Hood memorial service:   President Obama addressed the mourners at Ford Hood today atthe memorial service for the fallen ( http://tinyurl.com/y8l4uyj ).   ThePresident’s comments demonstrate both the opportunities ...
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• The Complete Gettysburg Guide

  
  Teaching the Civil War with Technology — Authority: 106
  I recently received a copy of The Complete Gettysburg Guide by J.D. Petruzzi and Steven Stanley and I wanted to share my thoughts on the book.   To begin, this is by far one of the best guides to the Battle of Gettysburg that I have read.  In addition to detailing the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg, this ...
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• 2009 Gettysburg Dedication Day to feature Gov. Edward G. Rendell and Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss

  
  Cannonball — Authority: 122
  Gettysburg National Military Park contains much of the ground where opposing armies from the Union and the Confederacy struggled for the first few days of July 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg. The Pennsylvania Monument memorializes the soldiers and officers from the Keystone State who fought here. On November 19, ...
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• What should a leader say in times of tragedy?

  
  Public Speaking Advice and Commentary — Authority: 120
  The recent tragedy at Fort Hood prompted President Obama tomodify previously scheduled comments to a Native American group in order tocomment on the horrific shootings ( http://tinyurl.com/yjg4pyz ) .   ThePresident’s comments demonstrate both the opportunities and the pitfalls ofthis sort of leadership speech, ...
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• “The Gingko leaves of Gettysburg College”

  
  Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack — Authority: 509
  “The Gingko leaves of Gettysburg College” Cute co-eds play in the leaves at Gettysburg College Kevin Dayhoff November 7, 2009 Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/oqhq2 or here: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/236800095/the-gingko-leaves-of-gettysburg-college-kevin [20091107 Gburg ...
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• Gettysburg College through rose-colored sunglasses

  
  New Bedford Herald by Kevin Dayhoff — Authority: 138
  “Gettysburg College through rose-colored sunglasses” November 7, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/oqehe or here: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/236767505/gettysburg-college-through-rose-colored-sunglasses [20091107 Gburg sunglasses] ...
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• Gettysburg College through rose-colored sunglasses

  
  Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack — Authority: 509
  “Gettysburg College through rose-colored sunglasses” November 7, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff [20091107 Gburg sunglasses] ***** Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/ Twitter: ...
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• Google Maps and Gettysburg

  
  Teaching the Civil War with Technology — Authority: 106
  Thanks to the Ten Roads Blog (actually done by a high school student) for sharing a link to a very cool website (more of a mashup really) that uses Google Maps and photos. The Encounter at Gettysburg page is being developed by Chuck Kann and incorporates Google Maps to allow visitors to locate monuments, farm ...
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• Grammy bicycling with roommate c 1946

  
  Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack — Authority: 509
  The bicyclers. Evelyn Fluck and Nadine Eustis bicycle on the campus of Gettysburg College around 1946. Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/okryf or here: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/235665311/the-bicyclers-evelyn-fluck-and-nadine-eustis In May 2003, when this picture, from approximately ...
  5 days ago

• Gettysburg: One Mans Visit

  
  USHistoryBlog.com — Authority: 108
  I dont know about the rest of you, but Im an excitable reader. By this, I mean that I get excited about reading, and usually try to bite off more than I can chew. But this is never a bad thing. When it comes to books, I have a problem. I rarely finish them. This is probably due to my excitability around books ...
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• Park Service, Preservation Group At Odds Over Repairs

  
  Civil War Interactive Newswire — Authority: 147
  A battle is brewing at the Gettysburg Military Park over money donated to repair more than 100 monuments.The Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association raised over $1 million 10 years ago, which was enough to repair all 140 Pennsylvania monuments.The group said that half of the monuments are still missing ...
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• Five Minutes With: Jim Getty, Abraham Lincoln impersonator

  
  Civil War Interactive Newswire — Authority: 147
  Jim Getty bears a striking resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, even when he’s just in jeans and a T-shirt.It must be the beard.The Gettysburg, Pa., man has been impersonating Lincoln for the past 30 years. He’s played the 16th president in the Turner Network film “The Ironclads,” and he’s done voice work for ...
  6 days ago

• BRADLEY, Thomas Wilson, (1844 - 1920)

  
  American Civil War Stories — Authority: 113
  I was doing some civil war searching on the battle of Chancellorsville and came across this. Thought you all might be interested in this letter. Enjoy! BRADLEY , Thomas Wilson, a Representative from New York; born in Yorkshire, England, April 6, 1844; immigrated to the United States in 1846 with his parents, who ...
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• A Financial Gettysburg Address: Redeeming the Crash

  
  City Lakes Real Estate Blog — Authority: 136
  "Wall Street Dividend" vs. "Peace Dividend"November 19 marks the 146th Anniversary of Lincolns Gettysburg Address.What would he say about todays financial melt-down?My guess is that it would sound something like this:Three score and six years ago, this countrys leaders put in place a series of financial reforms ...
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• Last Minute Assignment at the Southern

  
  Civil War Memory — Authority: 470
  So, just as I was finishing packing for my trip to Louisville tomorrow when I received a phone call asking me to moderate a panel on Saturday morning.  I will be filling in for Gary Gallagher on a session titled, “The Public Presentation and Interpretation of Slavery and Slave Resistance: A Roundtable ...
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• National Geographic’s New Atlas of the Civil War

  
  Wig-Wags — Authority: 110
  Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: National Geographic (October 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1426203470 ISBN-13: 978-1426203473 Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 10.7 x 1.1 inches The good folks at National Geographic sent me a review copy of their new Atlas of the Civil War: A Comprehensive ...
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• Union militia campsite near Larue in Springfield Township

  
  Cannonball — Authority: 122
  During the week before the Battle of Gettysburg, the attention of the Union Department of the Susquehannas commander, Major General Darius N. Couch , was on protecting vital railroad bridges and other transport and communications routes in south-central Pennsylvania between Harrisburg and the Mason-Dixon Line. Among ...
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• Questions Remain over Gettysburg Superintendent

  
  Civil War Interactive Newswire — Authority: 147
  Gettysburg is an important historical midstate destination – but there’s a new skirmish being waged after the battlefield’s superintendent was reassigned for viewing porn on a work computer. The fight centers on how much government agencies have to tell you about how they’re spending your money.Those who love ...
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• Four Rebels scouts were captured near York the week before Jubal Early arrived in York County

  
  Cannonball — Authority: 122
  Harrisburg Evening Telegraph , June 18, 1863. Courtesy of NewsinHistory.com. It is quite possible this capture took place in West Manchester Township just outside of York. The event occurred on June 17, making these four men from Albert G. Jenkins brigade quite possibly the first Rebels to reach York County during ...
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